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• How Do Public Organizations Learn? Bridging Cultural and Structural Perspectives AI翻译
  作者：Moynihan, Donald P.; Landuyt, Noel
  作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
  摘要：How do public organizations learn? The organizational learning literature suggests distinct cultural and structural routes to learning. However, such categorizations oversimplify. Leaders seeking to foster learning should recognize that most relevant organizational variables combine structural and cultural aspects, which are mutually dependent on one another. The strongest influences are the existence of work groups that are purpose driven and incorporate the views of all members, including di...
• The Federal Reserve System and the Credit Crisis AI翻译
  作者：Corder, J. Kevin
  作者单位：Western Michigan University
  摘要：The Federal Reserve System struggled to maintain order in U.S. credit markets as rapid declines in home prices led to huge write-downs in the value of mortgage-backed securities held by financial institutions. The Fed could have taken a number of steps-in the mortgage market or through broader regulatory actions-to either preempt or mitigate the impact of this market disruption. Broader regulatory actions-in the mortgage market, of risk taking by financial institutions, or in the form of actio...
• Paternalistic or Participatory Governance? Examining Opportunities for Client Participation in Nonprofit Social Service Organizations AI翻译
  作者：LeRoux, Kelly
  作者单位：University of Kansas
  摘要：Can a more collaborative form of public management correct for the historical link between social and economic status (SES) and political participation? New initiatives to involve the citizen directly in public decision making-citizen governance-aim to include a wider representation of groups in society because they draw from service users and seek to recruit hard-to-reach groups. To test the claim that citizen governance may be more representative than other acts of political participation, t...
• Presidential Signing Statements and Their Implications for Public Administration AI翻译
  作者：Pfiffner, James P.
  作者单位：George Mason University
  摘要：For most of U.S. history, presidents have issued signing statements to comment on bills being signed into law. These statements often are hortatory and comment on the merits of the new law. In recent decades, presidents also have used signing statements to indicate portions of laws that they consider unconstitutional. Pointing out such parts of new statutes is not a problem, but indicating that the president may not execute part of the law is problematic. President George W. Bush used signing ...
• The Efficient Public Administrator: Pareto and a Well-Rounded Approach to Public Administration AI翻译
  作者：Grandy, Christopher
  作者单位：University of Hawaii System; University of Hawaii Manoa
  摘要：The New Public Management movement was only the latest demand that public organizations promote efficiency by adopting business methods. There again followed reactions from those arguing that other values, such as equity, citizen participation, and democracy, are as important as efficiency. This article suggests that an economic rather than business perspective on efficiency may usefully contribute to the scholarly conversation. It also suggests that it is efficient to identify the public valu...
• Assessing and Managing Environmental Risk: Connecting Local Government Management with Emergency Management AI翻译
  作者：Somers, Scott; Svara, James H.
  作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
  摘要：Ensuring that a community is prepared to deal with a disaster is among the many tasks public managers are charged with addressing. Disaster preparedness and response requires adherence to standard planning practices, yet disasters are typically unpredictable. Dealing with disasters, therefore, requires a blend of traditional management skills and improvisation. Furthermore, like other aspects of administrative leadership, the top administrator must blend initiation and responsiveness in intera...
• What Not to Ask of Budget Processes: Lessons from George W. Bush's Years AI翻译
  作者：White, Joseph
  作者单位：University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University
  摘要：Budget reform requires goals that are both good public policy and achievable. The core purpose of budgeting is to consider and relate details and totals. Common demands for reform are dubious because they slight consideration of details. For this reason, too strict a definition of balance would be bad policy; the demand for balance over many decades is neither good policy nor realistic; and multiyear discretionary spending caps can be both bad policy and impractical. Concern about passing annu...
• Democracy and Administration: Woodrow Wilson's Ideas and the Challenges of Public Management AI翻译
  作者：Schuetz, Sarah K.
  作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida State University; State University System of Florida; Florida State University
• Contracting Capacity and Perceived Contracting Performance: Nonlinear Effects and the Role of Time AI翻译
  作者：Yang, Kaifeng; Hsieh, Jun Yi; Li, Tzung Shiun
  作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida State University; University of Taipei; Taipei Municipal University Education
  摘要：Contracting out has become a popular strategy in public service delivery, but it remains uncertain whether and how government can ensure contracting performance. As a result, a growing literature emphasizes the importance of governments' contracting capacities. Yet very few studies have empirically assessed how contracting capacities relate to contracting performance. This article identifies four types of contracting capacities in terms of agenda setting, contract formulation, contract impleme...
• Performance Management and Budgeting: How Agencies Can Learn from Experience AI翻译
  作者：Williams, Daniel W.
  作者单位：City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY)